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Proverbs 27

The Message Bible MSG

1 Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.

2 Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you.

3 Carrying a log across your shoulders while you're hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool.

4 We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy?

5 A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.

6 The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in.

7 When you've stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert; when you're starved, you could eat a horse.

8 People who won't settle down, wandering hither and yon, are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.

9 Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.

10 Don't leave your friends or your parents' friends and run home to your family when things get rough; Better a nearby friend than a distant family.

11 Become wise, dear child, and make me happy; then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.

12 A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks; a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.

13 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.

14 If you wake your friend in the early morning by shouting "Rise and shine!" It will sound to him more like a curse than a blessing.

15 A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;

16 You can't turn it off, and you can't get away from it. Your Face Mirrors Your Heart

17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another.

18 If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored.

19 Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.

20 Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.

21 The purity of silver and gold is tested by putting them in the fire; The purity of human hearts is tested by giving them a little fame.

22 Pound on a fool all you like - you can't pound out foolishness.

23 Know your sheep by name; carefully attend to your flocks;

24 (Don't take them for granted; possessions don't last forever, you know.)

25 And then, when the crops are in and the harvest is stored in the barns,

26 You can knit sweaters from lambs' wool, and sell your goats for a profit;

27 There will be plenty of milk and meat to last your family through the winter.

World English Bible WEB

1 Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

4 Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

5 Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; Although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.

9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

10 Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

11 Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:

13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!

14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by him.

15 A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:

16 Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.

17 Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

19 As water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the man.

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied.

21 The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

23 Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds:

24 For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, The grasses of the hills are gathered in.

26 The lambs are for your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field.

27 There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls.